Russia
People of this nationality
Leontiy Sandulyak
1937 – 2023
diplomat
Anatoly Gunitsky
1953 – 2025
writer
Anastasia Russkikh
b. 1983
badminton player
Emilie Timm
1821 – 1877
pianist
Anna Krivshina
b. 1996
swimmer
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia
1861 – 1929
aristocrat
Lyudmila Shagalova
1923 – 2012
actor
Pavel Nersessian
b. 1964
pianist
Vasily Avseenko
1842 – 1913
literary critic
Adrian Krzyżanowski
1788 – 1852
mathematician
Michel Adlen
1898 – 1980
painter
Andrei Sverdlov
1911 – 1969
writer
Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia
1907 – 1951
aristocrat
Renita Grigoryeva
1931 – 2021
film director
Ihor Zakhariak
b. 1964
association football player
Liubov Gurevich
1866 – 1940
linguist
Ivan Hicks
architect
Yury of Moscow
1281 – 1325
politician
Pyotr Bulakhov
1822 – 1885
composer
Sergey Tsyganov
b. 1992
association football player
Oleksandr Yemets
1959 – 2001
politician
Anton Crihan
1893 – 1993
economist
Leonid Babashov
b. 1966
politician
Yevgeny Nikitin
b. 1973
opera singer
Gregory Razran
1901 – 1973
psychologist
Viktor Luferov
1945 – 2010
singer-songwriter
Alexei Lezin
b. 1973
boxer
Alexander Bessmertnykh
b. 1986
cross-country skier
Mykola Bazhan
1904 – 1983
poet
Mariya Bolikova
b. 1977
athletics competitor
Nikolay Pankratov
b. 1982
cross-country skier
Vitali Tikhonov
b. 1984
association football player
Aleksander Branicki
1821 – 1877
naturalist
Anatoly Lyapidevsky
1908 – 1983
aircraft pilot
Anna Elbakyan
b. 1963
actor
Vladimir Ilyin
b. 1947
actor
Anatoliy Nasedkin
1924 – 1994
painter
Igor Kochetkov
b. 1970
writer
Vladislav Kulikov
b. 1971
swimmer
Alexander Kovarski
b. 1944
chemist
Elena Belova
b. 1966
physicist
Alexander Brener
b. 1957
writer
Avaz Verdiyev
1916 – 1945
military personnel
Alexander Schlichter
1868 – 1940
economist
Anatoly Neratov
1863 – 1938
diplomat
Andrii Lysenko
b. 1968
journalist
Davit Chakvetadze
b. 1992
amateur wrestler
Natalya Gundareva
1948 – 2005
actor
Vasily Surikov
1848 – 1916
painter
Renald Knysh
1931 – 2019
coach
Dagmara Slianova-Mizandari
1910 – 1983
classical composer
Karl von Struve
1835 – 1907
diplomat
Andrey Shevel
b. 1972
rower
Alexander Berkman
1870 – 1936
typographer
Tamara Dronova
b. 1993
sport cyclist
Isaak Khalatnikov
1919 – 2021
physicist
Darya Melnikova
b. 1992
actor
Stanislav Strebko
1937 – 2008
politician
Giorgi Kilasonia
b. 1968
association football player
Samvel Mkrtchʻyan
1959 – 2014
translator
Aleksandr Yezhevsky
1915 – 2017
statesperson
Yuri Shevchuk
b. 1957
singer
Aleksandr Shestakov
b. 1961
amateur wrestler
Yevgeniya Pecherina
b. 1989
athletics competitor
Artur Rasizade
b. 1935
politician
Volodymyr O. Kravets
1930 – 2011
diplomat
Avdotya Mikhailova
1746 – 1807
actor
Yuri Kasparyan
b. 1963
guitarist
Andrey Muravyov
b. 1974
businessperson
Konstantin Gedroits
1872 – 1932
chemist
Irina Meleshina
b. 1982
athletics competitor
Yuri Karash
1963 – 2017
journalist
Olga Girya
b. 1991
chess player
Viktor Gusev
1909 – 1944
poet
Dmitry Klimenko
b. 1969
military personnel
Mariya Stepanova
b. 1972
poet
Mikhail Kheraskov
1733 – 1807
linguist
Pawel Kolesnikow
b. 1989
classical pianist
Aleksandr Tretyakov
b. 1972
amateur wrestler
Boris Litvinov
b. 1954
politician
Valeri Nichushkin
b. 1995
ice hockey player
Der Nister
1884 – 1950
translator
Anton Makurin
b. 1994
association football player
Vasiliy E. Ruzhentsev
1899 – 1978
paleontologist
Samvel Aslanyan
b. 1986
handball player
Svetlana Babich
b. 1947
javelin thrower
Yury Romanenko
b. 1944
aircraft pilot
Yury Kovalchuk
b. 1951
physicist
Yulia Kaplina
b. 1993
rock climber
Vladimir Solovyov
b. 1946
engineer
Aleksandr Kupriyanov
b. 1952
association football player
Vladimir Pettai
1973 – 2011
association football player
Andrey Ivanayev
b. 1972
Amur Kalmykov
b. 1994
association football player
Boris Pilnyak
1894 – 1938
writer
Anton Chekhov
1860 – 1904
physician
Alexander Rybakov
b. 1985
ice hockey player
Aleksandr Gurevich
1930 – 2023
theoretical physicist
Konstantin Savichev
b. 1994
association football player
Natalia Boytsun
b. 1960
scientist